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Honey, I never thought I'd be writing to tell you my final wishes if I'm ever in a persistent vegetative state. I can imagine what that feels like because I watch Tom DeLay on television every day, hawking his phony right-to-life politics as if they were the word of God. But we both know that clutching at every last breath in this world negates a much deeper spiritual belief. I believe that God is merciful enough and great enough to remember those who served him well and to resurrect them after death. Not to a life in heaven where we'd...

Officials from the Dutch Ministry of Justice say the legislature of the Netherlands is preparing a new protocol designed to protect doctors who euthanize newborns with severe disabilities, according to Dr. Eduard Verhagen, the head of pediatrics at Groningen Hospital. Verhagen is an outspoken advocate for killing seriously deformed babies, a procedure he admits he's performed four times in the past 16 months. "There is a small group of children for whom no treatment is possible for the congenital disease and malformations they are born with," Verhagen told the London Telegraph, explaining why he had chosen to break the law....

WILKES-BARRE - A New Jersey couple has filed a federal lawsuit against the Luzerne County Children and Youth Services claiming the agency knowingly placed a 7-year-old "sexual abuser and predator of other children" with the family. The boy sexually abused the couple's 8-year-old son while living with the family in Hudson County, the suit states. The suit also names foster parents Donald and Mary Pranzoni, the county and three Children and Youth Services case workers as defendants. The foster child's history of sexually abusing other children was well-known to the foster parents and the three employees, Olga Araujo, Rebecca Glassman...